| RefNo | PT/75/7/31 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagrams, tubes and apparatuses used in resistance experiments by [William Fairbairn?] |
| Date | [1858] |
| Description | Figures appearing on pages 391-412 of Fairbairn's paper showing a cast-iron cylinder for holding the tubes, tubes with lap joints and butt joints, burst lead tubes, and the flues of boilers used in Fairbairn's experiments. Figures drawn separately and pasted onto single backing sheet. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Physics / Engineering
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the resistance of tubes to collapse' by William Fairbairn.
Received by the Royal Society on 21 April 1858. Read 20 May 1858. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and watercolour on paper, mounted on paper |
| Dimensions | 332x242mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1858.0021 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1857.0056 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6039 | Fairbairn; Sir; William (1789 - 1874) | 1789 - 1874 |